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Should I buy a Triple Action Handle or a Preset Handle for my Iwata Eclipse. I intended to purchase a Preset Handle at Wonderfest. Tag Team didn't have any at the show and they gave me a hard sell on the Triple Action Handle. I'm sure the Preset will do everything I need it to do - easily limit the ...

Go to a glass store. Buy a sheet of glass in the size you want and have them dull the edges so it doesn't cut you. It cost a lot less than I expected. The glass is very flat and makes a perfect surface for sandpaper. You can scrape anything off of it with a razor blade scraper. Put a self-healing ma...

When you chuck the bit, reduce the amount of exposed bit to the bare minimum.

Mike

Saw it at Wonderfest.

Nice model.

Great build! I look forward to seeing it at Wonderfest.

Mike

What kind of airbrush do you have? What kind of paint do you use? If you use a water-based acrylic, flush it with the manufacturers recommended cleaner, disassemble it and soak everything in water until you get home and can give it a good cleaning. A while back I read an airbrush book. The author cl...

Lamp oil usually works better than Goo Gone but I don't know if it will damgae the paint.

Mike Ashey wrote some good general modeling books for Kalmbach. The content ranges from the basics to advanced detailing. Now he gives them away for free on his website. http://mikeashey.com/BOOK-INDEX-PAGE%20.htm Bob Wick and Mark S. Gustavson give away their remarkable car modeling book. Even if y...

That might work.

Another possibility is model airplane fuel line from the local hobby shop.

The big concern with anything you use is can it withstand solvents.

naoto, The specs claim Raspberry Pis play 1080p60 HD media. Do they play it well? When Pis first came out there were construction articles by people using them for home entertainment centers. Yet the early versions had audio problems. When I was in a RadioShack about a year ago they sold Raspberry P...

Since no one here mentioned it before, the new Raspberry Pi Zero has a $5.00 MSRP. Eventually supply will catch up with demand.

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Hi, You have a great idea for a thread. When I reentered modeling I was obsessed with fillers and primers because I had so much trouble with seams. Currently I use Gunze Sangyo's Mr. Surfacer 500 or Mr. Surfacer 1000 thinned with Mr. Color Thinner shot through an airbrush. I also apply it out-of-the...

Years ago some figure modelers gave a demo on using water colors for details at Wonderfest. They used artist quality water colors. They used water colors because it allowed them to easily redo mistakes. If they didn't like the way something turned out they could wipe off the water color. Once they l...

Thanks gsb5w: I think something limits the needle's movement but the collet was tight. When I moved the trigger forward the spray stopped. Usually if the collet lets the needle slip the spray continues after the trigger is completely forward. Also I disassembled and reassembled it a few times making...

Now my Eclipse sprays lines no wider than 1/8 inch even with the trigger all the way back. It doesn't matter what I spray. This happens with lacquer thinner and Mr. Surfacer 1000 thinned with Mr. Thinner. Damage to the nozzle or needle seem unlikely. They look okay. I don't remember damaging them th...

You could try a slower setting resin. Spin it to get rid of bubbles then stop the spinning before the resin sets to avoid distortion. Of course this will lower your throughput and might be tougher on your molds.

Recycling #1, PETE or PET, is Polyethylene terephthalate. At least some of it can be glued with CA and epoxy, primed with Mr. Surfacer then painted with regular model paints. The local hobby shop had a spaceship model made from TV dinner trays. I won a bronze at Wonderfest with a model that has PETE...

You can't use enamels or oil based paints on a vinyl kit. Mr. Surfacer and many automotive primers are acrylic lacquers. They are safe for vinyl. I used Mr. Surfacer on the only vinyl kit I've built. I've never tried but supposedly Future or whatever Pledge calls it now is a good primer for vinyl. I...

Home Depot and some other places sell Gorilla Glue CA in a handy two-tube pack. It's better quality than the cheap stuff. If the first tube solidifies before you finish with it, the second tube is ready.

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The FSM link goes to a nose art thread. The other link is about Alclad.

I'm facing a similar problem.

Don't soak. Most plastics will absorb a small amount of water. Keep the trees, tabs and stuff you cut off the parts. Clean the parts with Superclean or a tire cleaner. Wear gloves and maybe eye protection. Keep the cleaner away from pets and children. If the parts don't feel clean, test lacquer thin...

There's no best filler just the fillers you like the best. Now I use Mr. Surfacer for small stuff and Aves the larger things. I like them because they minimize the need to sand. Once dry you can wipe Mr. Surfacer off with 99% isopropyl alcohol. You can work and smooth Aves before it dries with water...

Some people measure paint with a syringe.

With a recipe calling for 2% and 3%, your best bet is to mix a two to three ration of the red brown and the grey then take an easily measured amount of that and mix it with 19 times that amount of the main color.

Mike

Lacquer thinner worked OK on Wave's Vinyl Nadesico kit. If you still have the pour stubs test on those first.

I'm not sure about freezing. It might just make your styrene brittle.

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This thead What can use to seal sharpie markers? http://www.starshipmodeler.net/talk/viewtopic.php?t=111712&highlight=&sid=73a2cfd7d09d066a469474c4bcc5843f Made me wonder what pens are safe to use for modeling. What pens can you use to mark model parts then paint over without the marker blee...